India moves a notch higher to 44th rank in IMD’s competitiveness rankings

India has moved one notch higher, to the 44th place in terms of competitiveness, in the annual rankings compiled by International Institute for Manage...

Malaysian court sentences Australian grandmother to death by hanging

An Australian woman has been sentenced to death by hanging after a Malaysian court overturned an earlier acquittal of drug smuggling charges.According...

Sonic attacks: US embassy fears spread to China

US embassy workers in China have been warned they may be at risk of ‘sonic attacks’ after a consulate employee reported abnormal sensations of sound a...

Michael Cohen ‘took secret payment from Ukraine’

Lawyer was allegedly paid $400,000 to set up meeting between Donald Trump and Ukraine’s presidentDonald Trump’s long-time personal lawyer Michael Cohe...

China’s military is poised to become a world class force

With the 19thCommunist Party Congress guidelines in October 2017 on establishing joint theatre commands by 2020 and becoming a “world class” military ...

Two die, 18 injured in train accident in Italy

MILAN - Two people died and 18 were injured when a regional train crashed into a truck in the northern Italian region of Piedmont, emergency services ...

Cyclone Mekenu pummels UNESCO-protected Socotra island, several feared dead, others missing

SOCOTRA: Hundreds evacuated from their homes after Cyclone Mekunu hit the Yemeni island of Socotra Wednesday night, causing severe flooding and damage...

SAMA starts withdrawing SR1 notes from market

Riyadh — The Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) will start withdrawing SR1 banknotes from the market from Thursday, SAMA announced on its website...

US financial assistance to Pakistan under review: Mike Pompeo

US has said it is reviewing its financial assistance to Pakistan. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused Islamabad of treating US diplomats "badly" an...

US federal court rules Prez Trump cannot block Twitter followers

A US federal court has ruled that President Donald Trump cannot block his followers on Twitter as this violates the First Amendment of the Constitutio...

US disinvites China from RIMPAC exercise over South China Sea

United States has withdrawn its invitation to China to participate in the biennial maritime exercise in the Pacific because of Beijing's continued mil...

UN lifts travel ban for North Koreans to summit between US Prez Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un

UN Security Council committee has agreed to lift a travel ban on North Korean officials heading to Singapore for the planned summit between US Preside...

Corruption cases result of high treason case instituted against Musharaff: Nawaz Sharif

Islamabad: Pakistan's embattled former premier Nawaz Sharif said yesterday that the three corruption cases filed against him were a result of the high...

Search for missing MH370 plane to end next week

BREAKING NEWS: Supra Mahumapelo resigns

Honduras plane crash: Private jet splits in half in crash landing

All on board survived the crash landing of the chartered jet flying from Texas to Honduras.At least six Americans were injured when a plane crash land...

US Blacklists 5 Iranians over Houthi Ballistic Missile Support

The US Treasury announced on Tuesday that it was blacklisting five Iranians for supplying ballistic missile technology to the Houthi militias in Yemen...

Saudi Crown Prince Chairs Economic and Development Affairs Meeting

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, chaired on Tuesday a meeting for the Council of Economic and De...

Trump Says his Summit with North Korean Leader May Be Delayed

US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that his much anticipated summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may be delayed.He made his remark...

Resignations Sweep Egyptian Political Parties

A wave of resignations swept political parties in Egypt in what may be a precursor to more drastic developments in the coming days.The two parties tha...

Philippines struggles with evacuees, bombed city after siege

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine officials say hundreds of displaced remain in emergency shelters as the threat of militants and unexploded bombs ling...

Israel hits more Hamas targets after cross-border raid

Jerusalem: Israel warplanes blasted Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday in a fresh round of retaliation after a Palestinian cross-border r...

Historic summit with Kim Jong-un may not work out: Trump

US President Donald Trump has said, his historic summit with Kim Jong-un may not work out, even as he asserted that the North Korean leader was seriou...

Mark Zuckerberg apologises to EU Parliament for data breach

Facebook Chief Mark Zuckerberg has apologised to the European Parliament for the recent data breach scandal involving British consultancy firm, Cambri...

English translation of Polish novel 'Flights' wins Man Booker Prize

Polish author Olga Tokarczuk has won the Man Booker International Prize for her novel 'Flights'. The novel, translated by Jennifer Croft, interweaves ...

Meeting between Abbasi,Shah inconclusive on caretaker Pakistan PM

Islamabad: A second meeting between Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Leader of the Opposition Khursheed Shah to finalise the name of t...

Chinese Cities Deploy Acoustic Cameras to Detect Honking Cars

Cameras, which have been rolled out in 40 Chinese cities, work by capturing a two-second film of a honking car. The police analyze the footage to dete...

Saudi Crown Prince Discusses Bilateral Ties with Austrian Chancellor

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz phoned Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Monday. The two discussed bilateral relations and me...

Trump urges China to maintain tight North Korea border ahead of summit

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday urged China on Monday to maintain a secure border with North Korea, pressing Beijing ahea...

Indonesia raises alert for Merapi volcano on densely populated island of Java

Indonesia has raised the alert level for its most active volcano and authorities have ordered villages living on its slopes to evacuate.Mount Merapi, ...